BILL NUMBER: SB 718 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 7, 2015 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 6, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Senators Leno and Hancock ( Coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd ) FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to add Section 8670.48.4 to the Government Code, relating to fish and wildlife, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 718, as amended, Leno. Hazardous Materials Response and Restoration Subaccount. Existing law establishes the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for, among other purposes, providing funds torescue, treat, rehabilitate, and dispose wildlife injured by an oil spill.cover promptly the costs of response, containment, and cleanup of oil spills into waters of the state, including damage assessment costs and wildlife rehabilitation. Existing law establishes the Hazardous Materials Response and Restoration Subaccount, a continuously appropriated subaccount in the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, for, among other purposes, the protection, preservation, and restoration of fish and wildlife impacted by discharges of hazardous materials into the environment of the state. This bill would authorize the administrator for oil spill response to loan moneys from the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund to the Hazardous Materials Response and Restoration Subaccount in an amount, not to exceed $500,000 annually, necessary to reimburse organizations providing wildlife rescue and rehabilitationcentersservices for expenses incurred by rescue and rehabilitation stations for wildlife injured bynonoil spill-related events,spill events of nonoil materials, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require the administrator to notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the loan. The bill would require the administrator, through a public process, to develop and adopt guidelines identifying expenses eligible for reimbursement. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 8670.48.4 is added to the Government Code, to read: 8670.48.4. (a) (1) At the discretion of the administrator, moneys may be loaned from the fund to the Hazardous Materials Response and Restoration Subaccount, created pursuant to Section 13010 of the Fish and Game Code, in an amount, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) annually, that is necessary to reimburse organizations providing wildlife rescue and rehabilitationcentersservices for expenses incurred by rescue and rehabilitation stations for wildlife injured bynonoil spill-related events.spill events of nonoil materials. (2) The administrator shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of any loans made pursuant to paragraph (1) at the time of the loan. (3) The administrator shall, through a public process, develop and adopt guidelines identifying expenses eligible for reimbursement pursuant to paragraph (1). (b) A loan made pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall berepaid,repaid no later than 10 years after the date the loan was made, with interest at the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment Account at the time of the loan, upon appropriation by the Legislature, from either of the following: (1) Moneys recovered from a party responsible for thenonoil spill-related event.spill event of nonoil materials. (2) If no responsible party is found, the General Fund.